In Tunisia, the wine industry is doing well. There are close to two million local consumers, not counting tourists. Despite the effects of climate change, this year’s harvest promises to be good.…
Continue ReadingThe bloodiest day of Iran’s protests to date came on September 30 in Zahedan, Iran. Security forces opened fire after Friday prayers, killing at least 66 people. People are calling…
Continue ReadingThere have been reports of overnight clashes between security forces and protesters in several locations across Iran. Protestors have been filmed burning the Iranian flag in the western Kurdistan province.…
Continue ReadingRussian missiles have pounded dozens of Ukrainian cities and towns over the past 24 hours, while the head of one of the regions annexed by Russia told residents on Thursday…
Continue ReadingTeheran blames Iranian kurdish dissidents for some unrest. #Kurdistan #MahsaAmini #Iran 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE – Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on October 13 to attend meetings of several regional bodies. Daniel Hawkins tells us more. #Putin #Erdogan #Astana 🔔 Subscribe to France 24…
Continue ReadingNearly four weeks after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained in Tehran for "inappropriate attire", the protests show no sign of abating in a bold challenge to Iran’s clerical…
Continue ReadingFrench energy major TotalEnergies TTEF.PA on October 13 offered further talks with trade unions to break the deadlock over strikes in refineries and fuel depots that are now in their…
Continue ReadingWhile Nato defence ministers have been meeting in Brussels, President Erdogan of Turkey met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan. Turkey has previously offered to restart peace negotiations – but…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv after a spate of Russian missile strikes. The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the…
Continue ReadingProtests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police on Sept. 16 have turned into one of the boldest challenges to the…
Continue ReadingThe United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned Russia’s move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine, calling on all countries not to recognize it. Jessica Le Masurier reports. #UNGA #Russia…
Continue ReadingUkraine has endured a third day of Russian missile strikes in an escalation which the US defence secretary says shows the ‘malice and cruelty’ of the war. The defence secretaries…
Continue ReadingIranians kept up anti-government protests on October 12 despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations as "scattered riots"…
Continue ReadingZoya Agarwal is an Indian pilot. When she settled on her dream twenty years ago, she had no role models, and no sense that women had access to a career…
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